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==Design and description==
The ''Kingston'' class was designed to fill the [[minesweeper]], coastal patrol and reserve training needs of the Canadian Forces, replacing the {{sclass2|Bay|minesweeper|1}}s, {{sclass2|Porte|gate vessel}}s and [[Royal Canadian Mounted Police]] coastal launches in those roles.<ref name=mac299>Macpherson and Barrie, p. 299</ref> In order to perform these varied duties the ''Kingston''-class vessels are designed to carry up to three {{convert|6.1|m|ft|adj=on}} [[Intermodal container|ISO containers]] with power hookups on the open deck aft in order to embark mission-specific payloads.<ref name=Janes08.09>Saunders (2008), p. 95</ref> The seven module types available for embarkation include four route survey, two mechanical minesweeping and one bottom inspection modules.<ref name=mac299/>

The ''Kingston'' class [[Displacement (ship)|displace]] {{convert|970|LT|t|0}} and are {{convert|55.3|m|ftin}} [[Length overall|long overall]] with a [[Beam (nautical)|beam]] {{convert|11.3|m|ftin}} and a [[Draft (hull)|draught]] of {{convert|3.4|m|ftin}}.<ref name=mac299/> The coastal defence vessels are powered by four [[Jeumont-Schneider|Jeumont]] ANR-53-50 alternators coupled to four [[Wärtsilä]] UD 23V12 [[diesel engine]]s creating {{convert|7.2|MW}}. Two LIPS Z-drive [[azimuth thruster]]s are driven by two Jeumont CI 560L motors creating {{convert|3000|hp|lk=in}} and the Z drives can be rotated 360°. This gives the ships a maximum speed of {{convert|15|kn|lk=in}} and a range of {{convert|5000|nmi|lk=in}} at {{convert|8|kn}}.<ref name=saunders2004>Saunders (2004), p. 92</ref>

The ''Kingston'' class is equipped with a [[Kelvin Hughes]] navigational radar using the I band and a Kelvin Hughes 6000 surface search radar scanning the E and F bands. The vessels carry an AN/SQS-511 towed side scan sonar for minesweeping and a Remote-control Mine Hunting System (RMHS). The vessels are equipped with one [[Bofors 40 mm Automatic Gun L/60|Bofors 40 mm/60 calibre Mk 5C gun]] and two [[M2 Browning machine gun|M2 machine gun]]s.<ref name=saunders2004/>{{efn| name = gun nomenclature}} The 40&nbsp;mm gun was declared obsolete and removed from the vessels in 2014. Some of them ended up as museum pieces and on display at naval reserve installations across Canada.<ref name=mallett>{{cite web |url=http://www.lookoutnewspaper.com/big-guns-find-new-life/ |title=Big guns find new life |work=CFB Esquimalt Lookout |last=Mallett |first=Peter |date=17 October 2018 |access-date=31 October 2018}}</ref> The ''Kingston''-class coastal defence vessels have a complement of 37.<ref name=mac299/>